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About Niger

Capital: Niamey

Official Language: French

Area: 489,191 square miles

Greatest Distances: East-West: 1100 miles,  North-South: 825 miles

Elevation: Highest - Mt. Greboun 6,378 feet above sea level

Population: 15,367,000 people (2007 estimate - Density: 31 people/square mile; Distribution: 79% rural, 21% urban)

2000 Census: 10,790,352 people

Chief Products:
Agriculture - beans, cassava, cotton, hides and skins, livestock, millet, peanuts, peas, rice, sorghum
Mining - uranium, natron, phosphate, salt, tin, tungsten

Flag: Niger's flag has three horizontal stripes - orange, white, and green (top to bottom).  An orange circle appears on the white stripe. 

Currency:  Basic unit - CFA franc.  CFA stands for Communaute Financiere Africaine (African Financial Community).

 

Additional Information:

BBC Country Profiles - Niger

Africa Guide - Niger

Pentecostal Evangel - Starving Niger: Feeding a Nation in Need

US Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs - Niger